Catalina Bertucci, Emanuela Galli, Andreas Scholl Star in Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival 2026
By Afton MarkayThe lineup for the 2026 Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival is announced.
This article only features vocal concerts.
Ensemble Correspondances presents “Apollo, God of Light” with direction from Sébastien Daucé. The concert features opera scenes from Cavallis’ “Ercole amante,” Campras’ “L’Europe galante,” and Rameaus’ “Anacréon”
Performance Date: June 6, 2026
The documentary on the Baroque opera production “Pastorelle en musique” from the Musikfestspiele 2021 is shown.
Performance Date: June 13, 2026
Soloists soprano Catalina Bertucci, tenor Sebastian Kohlhepp, and baritone Thomas E. Bauer perform with Capella Augustina and Chor Der Klangverwaltung in Haydn’s “The Creation.” Andreas Spering conducts.
Performance Date: June 14, 2026
Sopranos Emanuela Galli and Agnese Allegra, tenor Giacomo Schiavo, and La Venexiana perform works by Claudio Monteverdi in “Live reenactment of famous paintings by Caravaggio.” They are joined by harpsichordist Dario Carpanese. Gabriele Palomba directs.
Performance Date: June 16, 2026
Soprano Kaho Inoue, mezzo-soprano Ivana Sofia Ivanovic, tenor Léon Roch, and Arthur Baldensperger present Early Music in the classroom with Ensemble Kima.
Performance Date: June 17, 2026
Ensemble Kima gives the “Lunch Concert” with soprano Kaho Inoue, mezzo-soprano Ivana Sofia Ivanovic, tenor Léon Roch, and Arthur Baldensperger.
Performance Date: June 18, 2026
Countertenor Andreas Scholl performs works by George Frideric Händel and Antonio Caldara. He is accompanied by Dorothee Oberlinger on the recorder and Olga Watts at the harpsichord.
Performance Date: June 18, 2026
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Orpheus” stars Valer Sabadus, Julia Kirchner, and Anna Sayn. They are joined by the Cantus Thuringia, Baroque Orchestra of the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-eisenach. Michael Hofstetter conducts.
Performance Date: June 19, 2026
Bass baritone Sreten Manojlovic performs with Freiburger Barockorchester in the concert, “Nocturnal Shadows and Rays of Light.” Dorothee Oberlinger directs.
Performance Date: June 20, 2026
Soprano Anna Herbst and flutist Camilla Hoitenga and Sjaella perform along the route of the Bicycle Concert Tour 1.
Performance Date: June 21, 2026
Ars Choralis Coeln presents Hildegard von Bingen’s “Ordo Virtutum.”
Performance Date: June 23, 2026
Mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson performs in “Morpheus Keeps Watch.”
Performance Date: June 24, 2026
Giovanni Battista Bononcini’s “Cefalo e Procride” stars Jiayu Jin, Yuri Mynenko, Chloë Morgan, Jonathan Eyers, and Anita Rosati. Kademie für Alte Musik Berlin is led by Bernhard Forck. Michiel Dijkema is the director and stage and lighting designer. Jula Reindell is the costume designer.
Performance Dates: June 24- 26, 2026
Seicento Vocale is led by Alexander Toepper in the concert, “Birds of the Night.” Salome Kammer and organist Johannes Geffert also perform.
Performance Date: June 26, 2026
George Frideric Händel’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” is performed by Dennis Orellana , Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, Alois Mühlbacher, and Daniel Behle. They are joined by Ensemble 1700 directed by Dorothee Oberlinger. Nils Niemann is the scenic director.
Performance Date: June 27, 2026
Closing out the festival is “A Midsummer Music Mix of Baroque, Traditional and Popular Compositions.” Soprano Anna Dennis, countertenor Morten Grove Frandsen, and violinist Kreeta-Maria Kentala perform with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra conducted by Aapo Häkkinen.
Performance Date: June 28, 2026
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